Unit 1 Ceramic

Day 1 Objectives Aug 3

Students will…

understand the syllabus

Safety rules

Be able to apply wedging to clay

Safety DOs and Don’ts

http://www.slideshare.net/aspraguespike/dos-and-donts-of-clay-power-point

Ceramic Wedging video

https://youtu.be/yUlWD3R3eE4

PRACTICE WEDGING!!!

Day 1 Homework

Get syllabus signed by Friday!

Day 2 Aug 4th

Students will…

Take a clay safety quiz

Produce slabs

Understand tools and how they are used

Safety Quiz

Is clay dust dangerous to your longs?

How do we clean clay?

What state is clay most fragile?

Why is wedging important?

What can air bubbles do in clay?

Roll out Slab

Slab Demo!

Roll out 1 slab per person

Note on clay tools!!

Loop Tools

Rib Tools

Elephant Ear Sponge

Fettling Knife

Wire Tool

Needle Tool

Day 3 Aug 5

Students will…

Measure out back splash as a group.

They then will figure out how much bigger they need to make the back splash factoring an 8% shrinkage rate.

Draw and produce full drawing on butcher block paper

Pick which artwork you like

Henry Matisse “Snow Flowers”

Piet Mondrian “Line over Form”

Clyfford Still “PH-455”

As a class vote on what art you would like to use

Draw it out

Day 4 Aug 6th

Students will…

Break up the butcher block drawing they produced. They will then work together to cut out all the pieces.

I will demo how to cut with a needle tool and a fettling knife.

Make sure they number all the pieces!

Roll out slabs as needed at the end of class

Day 5 Aug 7th

Same as day 4

Day 6 Aug 10th

Students will…

Load a kiln with their pieces they have cut

Students will be in charge of loading and candling their own kilns in ceramics classes. They is important knowledge. They will always be monitored

Day 7 Aug 11

Students will…

Design 3 tiles what can be displayed together. They have to have some connection between the tiles.

A sketch of 2 different design ideas will be due by day 8 (tomorrow) 20 pts

Day 8 Aug 12

In your text book look up some surface decoration technics.

In your sketchbook please make visual notes on the following technics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9KdRfNN9w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNQJReku9Gw

20 pts

Relief

Impressing

Piercing

Applique

Slip trailing

Sgraffito

Add one of theses to you’re the design you are going to make

Day 9-13 Aug 13-19

Students will make the tiles they have designed. Remember these tiles need to be connected in some way.

Day 14 Aug 20

Students will Critique their art work in the group

Find a pattern write about their art using the rubric.

Each group wills tart the critique for the class.

Load kin with tiles if time

Day 15 Aug 21

Students will lay out the back splash for the classroom.

They will start to glaze each tile.

3 coats of glaze!!!

Day 16 Aug 24

Finish glazing

Load glaze kiln

Day 17 Review Day Aug 25

Make a poster for the following terms

Relief

Impressing

Piercing

Slip trailing

Sgraffitto

Slabs

Slip and Score

Share with the class your poster quiz tomorrow!!

Day 18 Aug 26

Quiz

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